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Assembly, 28 January 2010 |
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The Headmaster began the Assembly by congratulating the boys on their 'very fine' performance of Lord of the Flies yesterday. The cast had to keep going since last term, when swine 'flu had hit us and resulted in the postponement of the play. He also thanked the staff and the backstage boys: all had worked together to make it such a success. Finally, he thanked the audience, particularly the Third and Fourth form boys who had come in to watch.
AWARDS
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| English |
J Felt |
| History |
F Hilton |
| Mathematics |
S Beesley |
| Reading |
P Gallagher |
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| HIGHLY-COMMENDED |
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| Divinity |
G Atkinson, M Mirzan, A Peters |
| English |
J Awdry, E Eyton, C Temple |
| French |
H Kirkby, A Marsh, H Scott Lyon |
| Geography |
S Bal, A Marsh, H McCreery |
| Greek |
N Brown |
| History |
D Birkinshaw, O Roberts, S Trew, M Zuanic |
| Latin |
M Adcock, G Blandford-Newson, E Ezekiel, J Walker |
| Science |
D Birkinshaw, F Hilton |
After the sports' results Mr Smith reminded the boys about the school rules, on page 46 of the calendar. He quoted the most important of these:
All members of the school's community are expected to treat each other and everyone's possessions and property, including that of the School, with respect at all times.
He said that he had been very impressed when a boy had just that day owned up to something he had done wrong.
There is also now a major incident procedure. An example was last week's power cut, when the whole area around Caldicott lost their electricity. The boys have to carry on as normal unless they hear a bell, in which case they go the Centenary Hall, where they can be together and looked after.
Mr Smith then reported on the results of the School Council meeting last term. Obviously a few of the proposals could not be implemented, but many have been, or will be:
- Sports’ Hall available at morning breaks – possible
- Next charity event will be organised by boys
- House matches will be done for all sports
- The upstairs showers to be upgraded
- Home clothes for the 6th Form in the evening is being considered
- Soccer in the Easter Term is already happening
- A climbing wall will be built in the Sports Hall
- There will be hooks for coats in the Academic Block
Finally, the Headmaster spotted two boys who were yawning. No, he wasn't telling them off! He made the point that everyone is tired, and they must all have a good rest this exeat weekend. |
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House Competition, January 25 |
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Wood are the victors this week, though for some time they were under pressure from Cooper.
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A Spanish Meal |
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Page produced by D Zhai (13.02). To add even more authenticity, the Spanish translation was done by Asis (12.07).
On Saturday night the boarders who were staying in went on a trip to La Flamenca Tapas bar in Gerrard's Cross. The evening was hosted by Carlos, Asis and Gonzalo, our three Spanish boys from Madrid. We tried a wide range of tasty Spanish foods and we particularly enjoyed the spicy prawns, beef in chilli sauce, spicy sausage and calamari. At the start of every term the boarders visit a restaurant from a different part of the world. Last term our Chinese boys hosted a banquet in the 'Peking Inn' which was a tremendous success and fun evening, and we are now already planning next term's visit.
They gave us tipical Spanish food such as tortilla and chorizo. Chorizo is a tyipical Spanish sausage. They didn't gave us paella, which was a bit strange, because paella is one of the most common food in Spain. But it was really nice the food that they gave us.
In Spanish this is:
El sabado por la noche los niños internos fueron en una excursion a La Flamenca Tapas bar en Gerrard's Cross. Por la tarde los anfitriones fueron Carlos, Asis and Gonzalo,nuestros tres Españoles chicos de Madrid. Intentamos tener una amplia buena comida Española y particularmente nos gustaron las gambas picantes, la carne con chile, las salchichas picantes y los calamares. Al principio de cada trimestre los niños internos visitamos un restaurante con comida de otra parte del mundo. El trimestre anterior nuestros chicos de china fueron los anfitriones de un paquete en "Peking Inn" que fue un tremando exito y una tarde muy divertida, y ahora estamos planeando ha donde vamos a ir el proximo trimestre.
Nos dieron una tipica comida Española como tortilla y chorizo. Chorizo es una tipica salchicha Española. no nos dieron paella, que fue un poco extraño, por que paella una de las comidas mas tipicas en España. Pero nos dieron una comida muy rica.
At the start of every term the boarders visit a restaurant from a different part of the world. Last term our Chinese boys hosted a banquet in the 'Peking Inn' which was a tremendous success and fun evening, and we are now already planning next term's visit. |
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Assembly, 21 January |
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Today was one of the most unusual assemblies ever at Caldicott! Roger Thyer-Jones, our visiting seido karate teacher, came to put on a presentation of the work he has been doing with the boys. Lasted about ten minutes, and was very impressive indeed. There was a tremendous amount of different moves in it. Not being familiar with karate, however, I am unable to describe them. Instead, the four pictures below will have to tell the tale:
The Headmaster then presented the Supersar and Highly Commended awards:
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| English |
H Kanabar |
| ICT |
R Peel, T Williams |
| Latin |
J Awdry |
| Mathematics |
G Alvarez Munoz |
| Photography |
A Williams |
| Science |
H Kanabar, L Pan, T Pearce |
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| HIGHLY-COMMENDED |
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| Geography |
E Eyton, J Felt, J-y Jung, A Maxwell, A Shoff |
| History |
J Awdry, J Felt, C O'Shea, A Randev, A Shoff, C Temple |
| ICT |
W Swift |
| Science |
H Lloyd |
| Sport |
R Petersen |
The Headmaster shook a lot of hands today! As well as those with a Superstar or two, he also called up those who had received a Merit or Distinction in their recent music examinations. He was delighted that yet again everyone had passed.
The sport results were given out, and then Mr Smith reminded the boys about the anti-bullying policy on page 47 of their calendar.
Finally, the first of the year's promotions were made, to Prefect. They were M Lambert, H Lloyd, H McCreery and E Rowell. Their pictures are below. There were only four this time: the Headmaster is sure that there will be more soon.
Top: M Lambert & H Lloyd
Bottom: H McCreery & E Rowell
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The First Result |
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House competition - the first week:
Well done to Jenkins. A good start. |
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